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Editorial
October 6, 1954
The Nome Nugget
Nome, Nome County, Alaska
What is this article about?
The editorial celebrates recent U.S. aviation achievements: an Air Force plane flying over 1,650 mph and 90,000 feet, and a rocket reaching 5,000 mph and 1,300,000 feet. It underscores the aircraft industry's research to maintain national air leadership, contrasting modern craft with early airplanes like the Wright Flyer.
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AIRPLANES AND MISSILES
In recent weeks, the American people learned that an Air Force research plane has flown faster than 1,650 miles per hour, and reached a new altitude in excess of 90,000 feet. This plane, flying faster than the speed of a rifle bullet, knifed through space at the rate of more than one mile every 2 1-5 seconds.
Some months earlier, an American-built rocket reached speeds in the neighborhood of 5,000 miles per hour, and an altitude of some 1,300,000 feet.
These two achievements of products of the United States aircraft industry stemmed from intensive programs of research and development aimed at maintaining this nation's leadership in the air.
Such phenomenal accomplishments bring sharply into focus the fact that today the aircraft industry is developing aircraft and missiles which, while their genealogy can be traced back through the original Wright Flyer, are as different from early airplanes as modern man differs from the Neanderthal.
In recent weeks, the American people learned that an Air Force research plane has flown faster than 1,650 miles per hour, and reached a new altitude in excess of 90,000 feet. This plane, flying faster than the speed of a rifle bullet, knifed through space at the rate of more than one mile every 2 1-5 seconds.
Some months earlier, an American-built rocket reached speeds in the neighborhood of 5,000 miles per hour, and an altitude of some 1,300,000 feet.
These two achievements of products of the United States aircraft industry stemmed from intensive programs of research and development aimed at maintaining this nation's leadership in the air.
Such phenomenal accomplishments bring sharply into focus the fact that today the aircraft industry is developing aircraft and missiles which, while their genealogy can be traced back through the original Wright Flyer, are as different from early airplanes as modern man differs from the Neanderthal.
What sub-type of article is it?
Science Or Medicine
Military Affairs
What keywords are associated?
Airplane Speed
Missile Altitude
Air Force Research
Us Aircraft Industry
Scientific Progress
Aviation Leadership
What entities or persons were involved?
Air Force
United States Aircraft Industry
Wright Flyer
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
U.S. Aviation And Missile Technological Achievements
Stance / Tone
Celebratory Of American Progress
Key Figures
Air Force
United States Aircraft Industry
Wright Flyer
Key Arguments
Air Force Research Plane Exceeded 1,650 Mph And 90,000 Feet
Plane Faster Than Rifle Bullet, Over One Mile Every 2 1/5 Seconds
American Rocket Reached 5,000 Mph And 1,300,000 Feet
Achievements From Intensive Research To Maintain U.S. Air Leadership
Modern Aircraft And Missiles Vastly Different From Early Planes Like Wright Flyer